{"id":66057,"date":"2026-09-25T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=66057"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:01:36","slug":"political-scientist-aleksandr-kynev-remanded-in-custody-on-charges-of-drug-trafficking-denies-guilt","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/political-scientist-aleksandr-kynev-remanded-in-custody-on-charges-of-drug-trafficking-denies-guilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Political scientist Aleksandr Kynev remanded in custody on charges of drug trafficking, denies guilt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Political scientist Aleksandr Kynev has been remanded in custody on a charge of illegal production, sale or dispatch of drugs on a large scale (Article 228.1, Part 4(d) of the Russian Criminal Code). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mediazona_exclusive\/6158\">Mediazona<\/a><\/em> first drew attention to the case listing on the website of the Perovo District Court in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aleksandr Kynev&#8217;s lawyer, Mikhail Biryukov, confirmed the arrest. He told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/sotavisionmedia\/64707\">SOTAvision<\/a><\/em> that Kynev was detained on 24 September and denies the charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aleksandr Kynev specialises in the organisation of political power in Russia&#8217;s regions and is an expert on Russian elections. <em>&#8216;From 2006 to 2012 he headed the analytical department of the Golos election-monitoring association, and until 2019 he taught at the Faculty of Applied Political Science at the Higher School of Economics. In 2024 his books Parties and Elections in Russia, 2008\u20132022: The History of Decline and Who Governs Russia&#8217;s Regions, and How were published,&#8217; SOTAvision<\/em> writes. In early 2026 he was designated a &#8216;foreign agent&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-66057","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-moscow","news-type-nashi-novosti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Political scientist Aleksandr Kynev remanded in custody on charges of drug trafficking, denies guilt - Political prisoners support. 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